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GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE

GAZI UNIVERSITY INFO PACKAGE

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TRANSPORTATION

Travel from the Airport

There is a shuttle service to the center of Ankara operated by the Havaş Company
for all flights arriving at Esenboğa Airport. These buses leave for the city
center 25 minutes after a flight or flights have landed. Those bound for the
Intercity Bus Terminal-(AŞTİ) should stay on the bus after it drops off
passengers at the Havaş city terminal. Trip duration is approximately 60
minutes. The fare for the shuttle bus is 10 TL (an additional 25% is charged
between 00:00 and 06:00 hours)

Service Route:

·
Esenboğa Airport

·
Çubuk Junction

·
Pursaklar

·
Hasköy

·
Keçiören Bridge

·
Etlik Junction

·
Havaş City Terminal.

·
Intercity Bus Terminal  AŞTİ

You can get further information about the airport shuttle bus from:www.havas.net/en.

Taxi Service is available 24 hours a day from the areas set aside for taxis
outside the airport terminal buildings. Taxi fare from the airport to Gazi
University is approximately 70 TL (30 Euros). From AŞTİ, you can take a taxi to
the Gazi University for approximately 10 TL (approximately 4 Euros).

Bus Line 442 runs from the airport to the Intercity Bus Terminal (AŞTİ) and
Kızılay. Departures are every 20 minutes from outside of the Arrivals area
between 06:40 and 23:00. You will need to buy a bus ticket from a ticket kiosk
prior to getting on the bus. The bus fare to the city center is 5.25 TL.

Central Rail Station and Metro

Ankara Central Station, Ankara Garı in Turkish, is the centralrailway
station inAnkara. It is busy because
it is a major hub for inbound and outbound trains. There are two lines from the
station, one to Eskişehir and another to Konya. You can get further information
about intercity at www.tcdd.gov.tr/tcdding/trentanim_ing.html. Ankara has an underground Metro, with two
lines. The first one runs from Batıkent to the central Kızılay area, and the
second connects AŞTİ (Intercity Bus Terminal) through Kizilay to Dikimevi. The
Metro operates from 6am to midnight. Gazi University main campus is 5 minutes walk
from Beşevler metro station (four stations on AŞTİ route from Kızılay station in
Kızılay); Gazi University Maltepe campus is nearby Maltepe metro station (two
stations on AŞTİ route from Kızılay station in Kızılay); and Gazi University
Emek campus is very close to AŞTİ metro station. Ankara Central Railway Station
is very close to Maltepe metro station, which can be reached through the subterranean passage from the
Central Railway Station.

Public Bus and Dolmuş

There are two types of public buses: municipal buses and
privately run buses. Municipal buses are
either red or blue and dark blue striped. Electronic ticket is required for
traveling on these buses, so you should buy it in advance from subway stations
or kiosks with a sign of EGO Kartı. The cost of the card varies according to
the credit it has. Once you use a ticket with enough credit loaded in it, within
75 minutes you can have two further municipal bus and/or subway services at a
reduced price of 0.59 TL each. You cannot use the ticket in privately runbuses, Halk
Otobüsü, which are blue. On those buses only
cash is accepted, the price being around 2 TL. Dolmuş is a special service found
only in Turkey. This is a collective taxi, which follows specific routes. It is
generally a minibus. Each passenger pays according to the distance traveled and
can get off at specific or requested stops. This is a very practical means of
transportation and much cheaper than a taxi. You pay the fee to the driver.
Prices differ depending on the distance you travel. Gazi University campuses are
very close to many dolmuş routes to the east from Sıhhıye, a district which is
very close to the central Kızılay area.

BANKING SERVICES

Turkey has a lot of public and private banks that offer highly developed
services in cooperation with the global banking system. Such transactions as
cashing travelers cheques, exchanging foreign currency, making credit card
payments and sending and/or receiving online money orders are conveniently made.
Credit cards such as VISA, MasterCard and American Express are valid in most of
the services or transactions.

Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik
ve Spor Bayramı

Commemoration of
Atatürk,Youth and Sports Day

19.May

Zafer Bayramı

Victory Day

30 August

Cumhuriyet Bayramı

29 October

EMERGENCY TELEPHONES

Fire

110

Traffic

154

Police

155

Electricity

186

Gas

187

Ambulance

112

Gendarme

156

Telephone

121

Emergency
Doctor

113

Municipal
Police

153

Consumer
Protection Line

175

Forest Fire

177

Health
Consultancy

184

Telephone
Inquiries

11811

Postal Codes

119

CLIMATE IN ANKARA

Summers are warm and dry and the winters are cold and snowy. The rainy season is
spring, especially May. In the summer, Ankara is often sunny, dry, and hot. July
and August have the hottest weather, with an average of 30°C / 86°F. The coldest
months are January and February, with the lowest night temperatures of minus 6
°C
to minus 1°C

CURRENCY

The currency of the Republic of Turkey is the Turkish Lira. 1 USD is roughly
equivalent 1,8 TL or 1 Euro is about 2,3 TL. You can check the current rate on
Central Banks web site:http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/.
There are banknotes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 TL and there are coins 5, 10,
25, and 50 Kuruş and 1 TL.
STUDY VISA AND RESIDENCE PERMIT

Students of foreign nationality must get an acceptance letter from Gazi
University, and then obtain a valid study visa from the Turkish embassy or
consulate in their home country.
In the province where they reside, all students of foreign nationality must obtain an Oturma
İzni, residence permit, from the Police Department of Foreign Nationals.
According to the law, a foreign national is required to obtain residence permit
within the first month of entry into Turkey.